Faculty Spotlight: Taylor Farr
Taylor Farr
Assistant Professor of Law
Joined Bowen Law in 2025
“Every client deserves not just a lawyer, but a good lawyer, someone who cares deeply about their circumstance and will zealously and competently advocate for them. I want to educate my students in a manner that moves them closer to being the type of attorney that I would recommend to any client, confident knowing that the client would be in great hands.”
Taylor Farr teaches Research, Writing, and Analysis I and II at the UA Little Rock William H. Bowen School of Law. A dedicated legal educator with deep Arkansas roots, Farr is passionate about equipping students to become not just capable attorneys, but ethical leaders in their communities.
Farr brings a breadth of experience in private practice, federal courts, and legal instruction. He previously served as an adjunct professor at the University of Arkansas – Fayetteville, worked as an attorney advisor for the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals, and practiced law with Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP and Conner & Winters, LLP. He also clerked for the Hon. Bobby E. Shepherd, Circuit Judge on the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals.
His research focuses on the ethical and legal implications of artificial intelligence. Farr recently published two articles in The Arkansas Lawyer: “Artificial Intelligence 101: The Good, The Bad, and The (Un)Ethical” and “Artificial Intelligence in the Natural State.”
A lifelong Arkansan, Farr was drawn to Bowen’s mission of service and practice-ready education. “I love knowing that what I am doing in the classroom will have an impact on my home,” he says. “I’m thrilled to work alongside colleagues who care not only about the theory of law but also its practice.”
His teaching emphasizes professionalism and civility—values he sees as increasingly urgent. “Too often, attorneys undermine the rule of law by failing to provide clients with the representation they deserve or by failing to practice civility toward one another,” he says. “In my class, I teach broader practice-of-law principles that address these issues and tie them to the course material.”
Outside the legal world, Farr is known for his school spirit. “I was a mascot at the University of Arkansas,” he says. “I beat the Baylor Bear in a dance-off and appeared in a commercial on ESPN.”
Farr earned a J.D. from the University of Arkansas School of Law and a B.S. in Crop, Soil & Environmental Sciences from the University of Arkansas.